Modern Persian Literature Series

Publications: Modern Persian Literature Series

This series consists of translations of contemporary (20th Century) Persian writing. Nine volumes have been published in this series thus far.

Modern Persian Literature Series:

  • An Anthology of Modern Persian Poetry, tr. A. Karimi-Hakkak, Delmar, NY: Caravan Press and Bibliotheca Persica, 1978.
  • Hedayat, Sadeq. Sadeq Hedayat: An Anthology, E. Yarshater, Ed., Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1979.
  • Ale-Ahmad, Jalal. Plagued by the West, tr. P. Sprachman, Delmar, NY: Caravan Press and Bibliotheca Persica, 1981.
  • Farrokhzad, Forough. Bride of Acacias: Selected Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad, tr. J. Kessler and A. Banani, Delmar, NY: Caravan Press and Bibliotheca Persica, 1982.
  • Jamalzadeh, Mohammad Ali. Once Upon A Time, tr. H. Moayyad, and P. Sprachman, New York: Bibliotheca Persica, 1985.
  • Sholevar, Bahman. The Night’s Journey and The Coming of the Messiah, tr. by the author, Philadelphia: Concourse Press, 1984.
  • Beyza’i, B., Sa’edi, Gh. H., Na’albandian, A. Modern Persian Drama. An Anthology, tr. by G. Kapuscinsky, Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America and Bibliotheca Persica, 1987.
  • Alavi, Bozorg. Her Eyes, tr. J. O’Kane, Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America and Bibliotheca Persica, 1989.
  • Sadeqi, BahramMalakut and Other Stories, tr. Kaveh Basmenji, Maryland: Ibex Publishers, 2012.

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